Shade-roller and curtain-pole support.



PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. HERR.

HABE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

AIPLIGATION FILED 5.28. 1905.

No. 8lO,l42.

i UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEreE.

JOSEPH HERR, OF GIBSONBURG, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1'906.

Application filed October 28, 1905. Serial No. 284,856. i

To ntZZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HERR, a citilzen of the United States, residing at Gibsonburg, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Shade- Roller and Curtain-Pole Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for supporting shade-rollers and curtain-poles upon window-frames; and the principa object is to provide an exceedingly simple structure of a novel nature made up of a minimum number of parts and permitting the relative adj ustment thereof in order that the said invention may be readily applied and securely fastened to frames of different sizes, at the same time allowing for the positioning of the roller and pole in different relations.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a frame, showing a pair of the supports in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, on an enlarged scale, through one side of the frame and the support. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the same. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamping members. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the roller-bracket. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the pole-supporting bracket.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated a pair of frame embracing clamp members are employed that are in the form of hooks 7, having overlapping shanks 8, which are provided with longitudinally-disposed slots 9. The bills 10 of these hooks are preferably sharpened, as shown in Fig. 2. Across the outer face of the outer shank 8 is arranged the lower offset end 11 of a polesupporting bracket 12, said bracket having at its upper end a pole-embracing clip 13. The lower end 11 of the bracket is longitudinally slotted, as shown at 14, and this slotted portion is disposed across the overlapping portion of the Shanks 8, a portion of the slots thereof being in alinement with the slot 14. A roller-supporting bracket is also employed that comprises an ear 15, having an offset portion 16, that is disposed longitudinally over the overlapping portion of the Shanks 8 A and across the outer face of the lower end 11 of the pole-supporting bracket. This offset portion 16 is provided with a longitudinallydisposed slot 17. A holding-bolt 18 is 4passed through the alined portions of the slots, said bolt having a head 19 at its inner end that abuts against the inner face of the inner shank 8, while a thumb-nut 20 is threaded upon the outer projecting end of the bolt.

A pair of these devices is employed on each window, and the same are readily adjustable to frames of diierent sizes by slipping the shanks upon one another and embracing the hooks with the opposite sides of the frame, as clearly illustrated. The pole-supporting bracket is then located at the proper height upon the holding-bolt, which has first been passed through the overlapped Shanks, and afterward the roller-supporting bracket is placed in position. Thus when the thumbnut is tightened all the parts are clamped by the single bolt, but each is permitted an adjustment, as will be apparent.

The structure disclosed has a number of advantages. In the iirst place it is unnecessaryv to drive nails or screws into the outer face of the frame, and thus said frame is not marred or injured by the application of the devices. Said devices are, furthermore, adj ustable to frames of different sizes, the parts are relatively adjustable in order to permit the positioning of the pole and roller in different relations, and the structure is simple, requiring but a few parts and a single clampingbolt for all.

rom the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advanta es of the invention.

Ilaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with frame-embracing clamp members having overlapping slidably-associated shanks, of a pole-supporting bracl et located transversely of the overlapp( il shanks, a roller-su porting bracket havn ga portion disposed a ongside the overlapped shanks and adjustable with respect thereto, and a holding-bolt passing through the overlapped portions of the Shanks, the

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pole-supporting bracket, and the roller-supporting bracket portion and constituting a clamp for all of the same.

2. The combination with frame-embracing clamp members having overlapping slidablyassociated shanks that are provided with longitudinally-disposed slots, of a polesupporting bracket having an offset lower end disposed transversely of the Shanks and provided with a slot, a roller-supporting bracket comprising an outstanding ear having an offset portion disposed longitudinally 

